Laris­sa Pauli is study­ing human med­i­cine at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Leipzig. She is aim­ing for her MD and joined the O’BRAIN Lab in 2016. She inves­ti­gates the inter­ac­tions of diet and cen­tral dopamin­er­gic trans­mis­sion. Her main inter­est is how these inter­ac­tions might influ­ence rein­force­ment learn­ing and work­ing mem­o­ry.